ISKCON Ujjain Gobal spiritual retreat 2015
Bhakti Charu Swami

It’s a great fortune to be a part of ISKCON Ujjain’s global retreat 2015. All devotees around the world eagerly anticipate this retreat throughout the year. It is held in Ujjain annually during the last week in December  approximately from the 25th-31st December. In many ways the retreats in Ujjain are extremely special. Devotees from all […]

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Bhakti Charu Swami visits Surat
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His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaj visited Surat on 3rd and 4th of January 2016. HH Bhakti Prema Swami Maharaja and a group of devotees from Ujjain accompanied Maharaj. ISKCON Surat yatra welcomed Maharaj at Sri Sri Radha Damodar temple, where Maharaja delivered the Sunday feast lecture. Maharaj first sang the song “Krishna Jinaka Naam” and explained […]

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Grand Celebration Of Srila Prabhupada’s Memorial Festival 2015 & 50th Anniversary Of The Arrival Of Srila Prabhupada In America
Bhakti Charu Swami

As we all know that on 17 September 1965 Srila Prabhupada first arrived at foreign land. So in year 2015, whole ISKCON world is celebrating 50th anniversary of this grand occasion. By co-incidence or by arrangement of Krishna, the 17th September is also the Vyasa Puja day of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaja. So […]

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Prabhupada Memorial 2015 – Vyasa Puja His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami
Bhakti Charu Swami

Just after Janmastami,when every temple devotee is very tired, it is not the ideal time to glorify Srila Prabhupada on his birth day or Vyasa-puja. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami therefore prefers to celebrate a Prabhupada Memorial festival starting from 17 September, D-Day of ISKCON with Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in Boston, USA. I discussed all […]

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Srila Prabhupada Memorial Festival & 70th Vyasa Puja of Bhakti Charu Swami
Bhakti Charu Swami

Srila Prabhupada Memorial Festival & 70th Vyasa Puja of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami 16-19 September 2015, Surat Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We hope that you are happily situated in Krishna consciousness. We are delighted to invite you to the ‘Srila Prabhupada Memorial Festival and 70th Vyasa(…)

Pune Experiences: The Beauty Of Bhakti
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After the long waiting of 13 months and 22 days, finally the time came when Guru Maharaja was arriving in Pune to give us his association for 2 days. Devotees started preparations days before on all levels of gross arrangements and subtle spiritual consciousness. As usual, it was decided that Guru Maharaja will stay at […]

Global Retreat Ujjain 2014 Glorification
Bhakti Charu Swami

  During the last week of December 2014 (25th-31st December) ISKCON Ujjain temple organized the Global Spiritual Retreat under the guidance of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Guru Maharaja. About 160 devotees came from different parts of the world including USA, Malaysia, Australia, Netherlands, UK etc to take part in this spiritual festival. Devotees from(…)

Radhastami Lecture 2014
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The following lecture by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami was given in Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, on Radhastami, 2 September 2014 . Hare Kṛṣṇa. Today is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s appearance day, Rādhāṣṭhami mahotsava, therefore we selected a special verse from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Thirtieth(…)

Welcome Seminar Lecture Vrindavan, India : “Krishna’s Vrindavan Pastimes”
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KṚṢṆA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Welcome Lecture Given By His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Kṛṣṇa’s Vṛndāvana Pastimes, Vṛndāvana, India, 13 November 2014   When and wherever we are with Kṛṣṇa, only then can we be truly happy. kṛṣṇa sūrya-sama māyā haya andhakāra yāhāṅ Kṛṣṇa tāhāṅ nāhi māyāra(…)

Malaga Retreat 2014 – Introduction Talk
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The following presentation is an introduction talk for the Malaga Retreat 2014 by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, given on Wednesday 16 June 2014 in Spain. His Grace Priyavrata Prabhu: Please welcome His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami with three Haribols: Haribol! Haribol! Haribol!(…)

Welcome Lecture USA Retreat 2014 – Gītā-Nāgarī
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS  Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda  Welcome Lecture Given By His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami USA Retreat 2014, Gītā-Nāgarī, 23 July 2014. [Guru Mahārāja leads kīrtana singing Hare Kṛṣṇa maha-mantra] nama om visnu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-presthāya bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vānī-pracārine nirviśesa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tārine Śrīla Prabhupāda Ki Jaya!(…)

ISKCON Radhadesh Lecture on Śrīla Prabhupāda ‘The Founder-Ācārya of ISKCON’
Bhakti Charu Swami

namo om vishnu padaya kṛṣṇa presthaya bhutale śrīmate bhaktivedanta swami iti namine namaste sarasvati deve gaura vani pracarine nirvisesa sunyavadi pascatya desa tarine śrī kṛṣṇa chaitanya prabhu Nityānanda Śrī advaita gadadhara Śrīvasadi gaura bhakta vrinda hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare jaya jaya prabhupāda ! gaura(…)

Malaga Retreat 2014 – Day 1 – Prayers Of Queen Kuntī
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The following lecture is the morning lecture of the second day of the Malaga Retreat by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, given on Thursday 17 July 2014 in Malaga,Spain. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami: (sings Jaya Rādhā Madhava, Hare Kṛṣṇa kirtan.) nama oḿ(…)

Malaga Evening Lecture On “Śrīla Prabhupāda, The Founder-Ācārya Of ISKCON”
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The Following Evening Lecture On “Śrīla Prabhupāda, The Founder-Ācārya Of ISKCON” Was Given By His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami In ISKCON Malaga, Spain, On 14 July 2014.   Gaur Premānande Hari Haribol. nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhūtale śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine namas te(…)

Great Devotees Cannot Be Recognized By Their External Appearance
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The Following Lecture On Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 4, Chapter 6, Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva, Text 28, Was Given By His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami In Iskcon Ujjain, India. Oṁ namo bhagavate Vāsudevāya Oṁ namo bhagavate Vāsudevāya Oṁ namo bhagavate Vāsudevāya Fourth Canto Chapter 6:(…)

37th Sannyāsa Anniversary Lecture Of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The 37th Sannyāsa Anniversary Lecture Of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami was given at the house of Dvarakadish Prabhu on 13 June 2014, Yorba Linda, California, US. Announcer: You use this tumbler, offer little bit water, there is an instrument..Not too much… Devotees:(…)

We Have A Super-Excellent Process
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The Following Lecture On Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.14 Was Given By His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami In Iskcon Ujjain, India. tam imaṁ te pravakṣyāmi yam avocaṁ purānaghe ṛṣīṇāṁ śrotu-kāmānāṁ yogaṁ sarvāṅga-naipuṇam  Word for word: tam imam — that very; te — to you; pravakṣyāmi —(…)

When The Sun Comes Up There Is No Room Anymore For Darkness.
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The Following Evening Lecture By His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Was Given In Iskcon Iskcon Towaco, US, On 1 June 2014. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami: Okay, Haribol. Oh! Thank you. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Devotees: Hare Kṛṣṇa. His Holiness(…)

Bhakti Charu Swami 2014-05-31 14:17:10
Bhakti Charu Swami

01_-_BCS_Seminars_-_Śikṣāṣṭakam_Verse_01_-_2011-08-02_Radhadesh Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare. Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare. So today we are having class on Śikṣāṣṭakam. Mahārāja will be speaking for one hour which will be followed by prasādam. So you know his compassion. Let’s welcome him with three loud Haribols. Devotees: Haribol Haribol Haribol His(…)

Connection With Kṛṣṇa Means Service
Bhakti Charu Swami

 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The following lecture entitled: ‘Connection with Kṛṣṇa means service’ was given by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami in Iskcon Budapest, Hungary, on 27 August 2013. Now we can see this transcendental knowledge, whether it is coming from the Kumāras or Brahmā or Laxmi(…)

Śikṣāṣṭakam Will Become Revealed In Your Heart.
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The following Radhadesh Retreat lecture on Śikṣāṣṭakam Lectures – Part 2 – Radhadesh Retreat Day 5 was given by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami in Radhadesh, Belgium, July 2011. Hare Kṛṣṇa Kīrtana and Jaya Rādhā Mādhava kīrtana Gaur Premānande Hari Hari bol. namo(…)

Rama Navami Festival Lecture – Mumbai April 2014.
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The following lecture on the Pastimes of Sri Ramacandra was given by His Hosliness Bhakti Charu Swami in ISKCON Chowpatty on 08 April 2014. Hare Kṛṣṇa kīrtana, Raghupati Rāghava Rājā Rāma kīrtana. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami: Gaur Premānande Hari Hari bol. namo(…)

Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Position In Iskcon
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The following evening lecture-seminar on Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Position In Iskcon, was given by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami in ISKCON Chowpatty on 07 April 2014. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami: Hare Kṛṣṇa. So class will be go on until what time? 9h00? It’s(…)

Jivan Mukta Studio, US, Question & Answer Session
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The Following Conversation is a Question & Answer session which was held in the Jivan-Mukta Studio, US. Interviewer: Another very important, very special event here. We have our guest Bhakti Charu Swami. Would you please join me in welcoming Bhakti Charu Mahārāja to(…)

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura: An Ideal Leader
Bhakti Charu Swami

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The following lecture on Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s Appearance Day was given by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami in Māyāpura 20 February 2014. Hare Kṛṣṇa Kīrtana Prema-dhvanī prayers. jaya oṁ viṣṇu-pada paramahaṁsa parivrājakācārya aṣṭottara-śata śrī śrīmad abhaya charanaravinda bhaktivedanta swami prabhupāda ki jaya!(…)

Give Us The Tools And We Will Finish The Job!
Bhakti Charu Swami

When Guru Mahārāja was young he read the Memoires of Winston Churchill. Churchill mentions there that one should travel when one is young. Together with his friend Sarvabhavana Prabhu they decided: “Let’s go and see the world”. And they travelled to Europe by hitchhiking I think. Guru Mahārāja loves so much travelling, he never stopped(…)

Loads Of Nectar – Iskcon Panihati February 2014
Bhakti Charu Swami

Guru Mahārāja and His Holiness Radhanath Swami Mahārāja jointly gave Bhāgavatam class. The best part of the class was that whenever either of them were getting the chance to glorify each other no one was missing the opportunity and the full audience was enjoying the nectar. Then at 11h30 AM we left for ISKCON Panihati(…)

Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Poem To Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja
Bhakti Charu Swami

Song Name: Adore Adore Ye All Official Name: Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati’s Vyasa Puja Offering (1935) Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Book Name: The Harmonist Language: English LYRICS (1) Adore, adore ye all The happy day Blessed than heaven Sweeter than May. When he appeared at Puri The holy place, My Lord and Master His Divine Grace.(…)

Initiation Day At ISKCON Ujjain – Nityānanda Trayodasi, 12th Feb 2014
Bhakti Charu Swami

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please read a brief report about the initiation ceremony held in ISKCON Ujjain on Nityānanda Trayodasi, 12th Feb 2014. There was an excitement in the air today morning. Today was Nityānanda Trayodasi and initiations for the 8 fortunate devotees. I got up a(…)

Prerna (Youth Forum) Festival With Guru Maharaja
Bhakti Charu Swami

The photos below are from Prerna Festival (Youth Forum), India, 2 February 2014.  After a drama performance Guru Mahārāja gave a class.  The program ended with an ecstatic kirtan led by Guru Mahārāja.  Guru Mahārāja also danced with the students.  Guru Mahārāja mentioned at the end how he had a very wonderful evening with the(…)

Guru Mahārāja’s Research On Śrīla Prabhupāda
Bhakti Charu Swami

Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. The following is a letter that I wrote to Bhakti Charu Swami after I received an ecstatic research paper produced by him. I thought the assembled devotees would really appreciate it. Thank you. Your servant, Udayananda dasa ———————- January 25, 2014 Dear Bhakti […]